title: Brief admission program. An alliance of inpatient care and outpatient case management.
abstract: 1. Brief planned and crisis admissions to an inpatient psychiatric unit are presented as a component supportive of outpatient care and case management for chronically mentally ill patients. 2. Typical patients admitted to this inpatient short-term program are those experiencing a life stress or temporary crisis; chronically mentally ill patients who cycle and experience exacerbations of their illness; and those who need to make the transition from an acute inpatient unit to community living. 3. The Brief Admission Program treats the individual's response to and the consequences of a lifelong illness and enables the patient to return to his previous level of functioning and continue necessary outpatient treatment.
authors.affiliation: Brief Admission Program, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California 94304.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Bryson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naqvi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Callahan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fontenot
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000639:trends*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology